Monica,
I asked a few days ago regarding string tensions for baroque guitars. Do
you have any opinions?
Well - I'm not well qualified to comment as I am only an amateur player and
my guitar has a shorter string length than many people seem to think is
appropriate today.
It is based on an
The only hard evidence we have is the stringing of a theorboed guitar
('chitara tiorbato') by Stradivari (c.1720s) in which various violin strings
are described for stringing the guitar. In short and translated:
1 2 strings - 'like two guitar first course strings' (helpful!)
3
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:19 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: guitar stringing
Monica,
I asked a few days ago regarding string tensions for baroque guitars. Do
you have any opinions?
Well - I'm not well qualified to comment as I am only an amateur player
and my guitar has a shorter
One of the reasons surely is the use of campanelas.
Timo
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Lähettäjä: Nigel Solomon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lähetetty: 28. tammikuuta 2008 10:43
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Aihe: [LUTE] guitar stringing
Talking of stringing, where does the idea come from of having the
Subject: [LUTE] guitar stringing
It is common practice to string the baroque guitar with the treble strings
of the 4th and 5th courses on the thumb side of the course. This is
because both courses tend to be used primarily as if they were treble
strings and having them this way makes these
